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SteveEisenberg · 11-05-2015, 07:25 PM

The US government today released Trans-Pacific Partnership text with copyright term language identical to that previously Wikileaked and discussed in this thread:

https://ustr.gov/sites/default/files...l-Property.pdf

I previously hoped that New Zealand being granted a somewhat broader public domain deal than Canada was an oversight, but it is true.

As I read it, a large number of eBooks today available, on Canadian public domain sites, will have to be removed for up to 20 years. If someone can find a way to twist the wording otherwise, please let us know it.

11-05-2015, 07:25 PM	#59
SteveEisenberg Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,424 Karma: 43514536 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: near Philadelphia USA Device: Kindle Kids Edition, Fire HD 10 (11th generation)	The US government today released Trans-Pacific Partnership text with copyright term language identical to that previously Wikileaked and discussed in this thread: https://ustr.gov/sites/default/files...l-Property.pdf I previously hoped that New Zealand being granted a somewhat broader public domain deal than Canada was an oversight, but it is true. As I read it, a large number of eBooks today available, on Canadian public domain sites, will have to be removed for up to 20 years. If someone can find a way to twist the wording otherwise, please let us know it. Last edited by SteveEisenberg; 11-05-2015 at 07:48 PM.